> “If true, this reporting highlights the dangerous disconnect between what many believe about Telegram’s security and privacy features, and the reality,"

It seemed to me that many people already believe that it had ties to the FSB and Russian Government? Is that just the tech bubble at work?

I use Telegram daily, but I'd never thought for a moment that it was "secure". As far as clients/networks I could choose with good usability, it just seemed preferable to have my privacy invaded by the FSB rather than the usual US advertising giants. Spread the data around a little instead of centralizing it, y'know?